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HOUSTON: Mariko Shimmi, right, helps carry items out of the home of Ken Tani in a neighborhood still flooded from Harvey. — AP

Houston faithful offer help for Harvey amid aid appeal

Thousands of people fleeing to emergency shelters HOUSTON: Mariko Shimmi, right, helps carry items out of the home of Ken Tani in a neighborhood still flooded from Harvey. — APHOUSTON: Houston's faithful embraced the comfort of church Sunday with their hearts heavy after mega-storm Harvey's destruction, as the Texas governor led appeals for billions of dollars in aid for his battered state. Some worshippers sought succor, and others offered...

BUJUMBURA: In this Saturday, Dec 12, 2015 file photo, men captured by the security forces, who were said by them to have been involved in attacks on military targets but which could not be independently verified, are paraded during a press conference at the country's intelligence service headquarters. - AP

UN accuses Burundi govt of crimes against humanity

Fingers point towards the highest level of the state BUJUMBURA: In this Saturday, Dec 12, 2015 file photo, men captured by the security forces, who were said by them to have been involved in attacks on military targets but which could not be independently verified, are paraded during a press conference at the country's intelligence service headquarters. - APGENEVA: UN investigators yesterday accused Burundi's government of crimes against...

French gendarmes search for evidences in the forest on August 29, 2017 in the area around Pont-de-Beauvoisin, eastern france, after Maelys, a 9-year-old girl, disappeared during a wedding party two days ago. - AFP

Girl 'just got into my car', claims French wedding kidnap suspect

French gendarmes search for evidences in the forest on August 29, 2017 in the area around Pont-de-Beauvoisin, eastern france, after Maelys, a 9-year-old girl, disappeared during a wedding party two days ago. - AFPLYON: The man charged with kidnapping a nine-year-old French girl during a wedding in the Alps has admitted during police questioning that she got into his car but denies abducting her, his lawyer told AFP yesterday. A week after Maelys...

XIAMEN: (From left) Brazil’s President Michel Temer, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a group photo during the BRICS Summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center. — AP

BRICS urges UN reform, cooperation on terror

‘Islamist fundamentalists pose a universal threat’ XIAMEN: (From left) Brazil’s President Michel Temer, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a group photo during the BRICS Summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center. — APXIAMEN: The BRICS group of five major emerging economies called yesterday for...

MANILA: In this picture taken on July 8, 2016, police officers investigate the dead body of an alleged drug dealer, his face covered with packing tape and a placard reading “I’m a pusher”, on a street. — AFP

Philippines probes second police killing of teenager

MANILA: Philippine authorities said yesterday they would investigate allegations police tortured and murdered a second teenager following an earlier killing that sparked the largest street protests so far against President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. Police said they shot and killed Carl Angelo Arnaiz, 19, as he robbed a taxi driver with a handgun in northern Manila on August 17.The young man's parents dispute the police account. On Monday...

BUDAPEST: Portugal's Andre Silva of Portugal, right, scores a goal, during the World Cup Group B first round soccer match between Hungarynand Portugal, at the Groupama Arena, in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday. - AP

France held by Luxembourg, Belgium qualifies for WCup

BUDAPEST: Portugal's Andre Silva of Portugal, right, scores a goal, during the World Cup Group B first round soccer match between Hungaryand Portugal, at the Groupama Arena, in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday. - APTOULOUSE: France wasted its chance to move a step closer to World Cup qualification after a 0-0 home draw with Luxembourg that leaves automatic qualification from Group A wide open with two games to go. There were contrasting emotions...

NEW YORK: Anastasija Sevastova, of Latvia, serves to Maria Sharapova, of Russia, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis tournament, Sunday, in New York. - AP

Sharapova ousted at US Open, Venus, Kvitova advance

NEW YORK: Anastasija Sevastova, of Latvia, serves to Maria Sharapova, of Russia, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis tournament, Sunday, in New York. - APNEW YORK: Maria Sharapova’s Grand Slam return after a 15-month doping ban ended Sunday with a fourth-round defeat at the US Open but the former world number one considered it a major step in her comeback. Latvian 16th seed Anastasija Sevastova rallied to eliminate the five-time...

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Rahim hits unbeaten 62 for Bangladesh against Australia

CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh's captain Mushfiqur Rahim, right, plays a shot, as Australia's wicketkeeper Matthew Wade follows the ball during the first day of their second Test cricket match in Chittagong, Bangladesh, yesterday. – APCHITTAGONG: Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim hit an unbeaten 62 yesterday to steer his team to 253-6 at the end of the first day after winning the toss and batting in pursuit of a historic test series victory over...

MONZA: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates after winning the Italian Formula One Grand Prix, at the Monza racetrack, Italy, Sunday. - AP

Hamilton says heart has led his surge to top

MONZA: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates after winning the Italian Formula One Grand Prix, at the Monza racetrack, Italy, Sunday. - APMONZA: Lewis Hamilton attributes his surge to the top of the Formula One drivers world championship to an increased level of "heart and passion" since winning the British Grand Prix in July. The 32-year-old Briton, whose victory in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix lifted him three points clear of...

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Kuwait may project KD 6-6.5bn budget deficit for 2017/18

By the end of August 2017, the 5th month of the current fiscal year 2017/2018 ended and the average Kuwaiti oil price for most of August scored $48.5 per barrel, up by $2.6 per barrel, 5.7 percent, from July's average price of $45.9 per barrel. It is also higher by $3.5 per barrel, 7.8 percent, than the new budget hypothetical price of $45 per barrel. The last fiscal year 2016/2017 which ended on March 31, 2017 scored an average price for Kuwaiti...

RIYADH: Picture shows Saudi programmer Zainalabdin Tawfiq, developer of the ‘Sarahah’ app, giving an interview with AFP at his office in the capital Riyadh.—AFP

Saudi Arabian ‘honesty’ app takes internet by storm

RIYADH: Picture shows Saudi programmer Zainalabdin Tawfiq, developer of the ‘Sarahah’ app, giving an interview with AFP at his office in the capital Riyadh.—AFPRIYADH: Fizzing with boyish exuberance, Saudi programmer Zainalabdin Tawfiq could be mistaken for a college freshman, but the popularity of his "honesty" app has shone a spotlight on the conservative kingdom's nascent tech scene. Tawfiq catapulted to fame when he took time out of...

MASAYA: A tapir calf and its mother walk in their enclosure at the National Zoo in Masaya, Nicaragua. — AFP

In Nicaragua, a fight to save endangered tapirs

Human encroachment, climate change decimate woodland habitat MASAYA: A tapir calf and its mother walk in their enclosure at the National Zoo in Masaya, Nicaragua. — AFPTICUANTEPE, Nicaragua: Thirteen tapirs lounge in the bushes of Ticuantepe Zoo, in eastern Nicaragua, their bellies plump with leaves and fruit-blissfully unaware of the peril faced by their kind. The largest land mammals in Central America, the brown, pig-like animals with...

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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP

Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation

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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP

Modi renews push for common civil code for India

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Minouche Shafik

Columbia president resigns months after campus Gaza demos

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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.

Pearl diving trip winds up

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Dr Abdurrahman Al-Sumait

Personification of Kuwait’s philanthropic legacy: Dr Al-Sumait